Collective gold production not only rebounded sharply from Q2's lockdowns, but even grew from the comparable prior-year quarter.Read full newsRead More

The headlong rush for that gold is one of the ugliest market forces in the world.Read full newsRead More

There is arguably no one being watched closer than Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway shares. Whenever there is any movement at all in share price, buying or selling, analysts are ready to pounce on what that means. So of course, when that happened last month, analysts were again there to dissect.It’s no wonder. Buffett was quiet for months when the market crash happened and then we...Read More

The Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) is a wonderful tool that allows you to protect investment income and profits from the Canada Revenue Agency. There’s no excuse not to use it.You’d be surprised how fast your TFSA can grow!The new TFSA limit for 2021 is $6,000. This means that if you have been eligible for the TFSA since 2009, and you’ve never contributed to a TFSA, you would ha...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday December 11 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal restarted blast furnace No2 at its Dunkirk operations in northern France this week, in a bid to increase hot-rolled coil output to meet growing demand, the company said.Waiting...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday December 11 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal restarted blast furnace No2 at its Dunkirk operations in northern France this week, in a bid to increase hot-rolled coil output to meet growing demand, the company said.Waiting...Read More

The MySteel Australian 62% fines were up another 2.66% on Friday to US$154.50/t.Canada-based Black Iron (TSX: BKI) - which is advancing its Shymanivske project in Ukraine - closed up 37.1% in Toronto, despite no news since October.Meanwhile a deadline has been shifted in Brexit trade talks, and US president Donald Trump continues to protest the election result.Market futures were mixed.The gold pr...Read More

GoGold Resources Inc. (TSX: GGD, OTCQX: GLGDF) is a Canadian-based silver and gold producer, focused on operating, developing, exploring and acquiring high-quality projects in Mexico. GoGold operates the Parral Tailings mine, in the state of Chihuahua and has the Los Ricos South and Los Ricos North exploration projects in the state of Jalisco. We learned from Bradley Langille, President and CEO of...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday December 11 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal restarted blast furnace No2 at its Dunkirk operations in northern France this week, in a bid to increase hot-rolled coil output to meet growing demand, the company said.Waiting...Read More

Troilus Gold also reported that it expanded the Beyan Zone 600 meters after recording a 12 g/t Au outcrop sample. Beyan areaIn a news release, Troilus Gold Corp. (TLG:TSX; CHXMF:OTCQB) announced "the remaining results from its 2020 regional exploration program on its 100%-owned, 107,300 hectare Troilus Gold property, located within the Fr?tet-Evans Greenstone Belt in north central Quebec."The fir...Read More

The question on everyone’s mind is:when is it a good time to buy some gold or silver after they bottom? The answerto that question is simple: when key triggers are met. Count-trend rallies ingold or silver don’t mean that they have enough energy and momentum to keepclimbing. Miners also don’t have enough strength to lead the way in a freshclimb upwards for the PMs, so everything...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday December 11 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal restarted blast furnace No2 at its Dunkirk operations in northern France this week, in a bid to increase hot-rolled coil output to meet growing demand, the company said.Waiting...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday December 11 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal restarted blast furnace No2 at its Dunkirk operations in northern France this week, in a bid to increase hot-rolled coil output to meet growing demand, the company said.Waiting...Read More

RAPAPORT... The New York diamond district will take center stage in the first episode of a new CNBC miniseries that spotlights America's business cultures.Street of Dreams with Marcus Lemonis is a five-episode series that highlights the stories of the entrepreneurs and unique industries that define America's most iconic streets, NBC Universal, owner of CNBC, said last week. In the first episo...Read More

RAPAPORT... De Beers has trimmed its production plan for the next two years, aiming to avoid releasing too much rough into the market as the diamond sector attempts to exit the crisis that dominated 2020.The miner expects to unearth 33 million to 35 million carats in 2021, down from its previous forecast of 34 million to 36 million carats, parent company Anglo American said Friday in a presen...Read More

RAPAPORT... E-commerce spending in the US spiked in the week following Cyber Monday, as shoppers raced to make holiday purchases prior to the predicted rise in shipping costs, according to Adobe Analytics.Online sales jumped 49% year on year from December 1 to 9, with consumers buying before December 11, when vendors generally raise shipping charges for those who want their gifts by Christmas, Ado...Read More

RAPAPORT... An emerald and diamond ring was the top lot at the Magnificent Jewels sale at Sotheby's in New York, fetching nearly four times its presale valuation.The square emerald-cut, 21.86-carat stone, flanked by baguette diamonds, brought in $3.7 million against a high estimate of $1 million, the auction house said last week. The piece was one of 29 up for sale from the collection of philanthr...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Distiller Jack Daniel's has launched a range of men's wedding rings, incorporating wood from the oak barrels used to age its whiskey, and costing up to $5,000.It is partnering with Manly Bands, which already offers a range of over 300 rings made from damascus steel, antler, meteorite, tungsten, dinosaur bone and other non-traditional materials.The range of 17 rings in the...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Sales of diamond jewelry in India are recovering and could reach 85 per cent of last year, despite the pandemic, says De Beers.A surge over the Diwali period, together with strong performances early in 2020 before COVID-19 hit, will largely make up for the second-quarter "washout", said De Beers India managing director Sachin Jain."We saw very high surge in number of consumers with...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The cost of crime against jewelers in the US almost doubled in 2019.But the actual number of thefts, burglaries and robberies was virtually unchanged at 1,438, indicating a steep rise in the value of goods taken in each crime.The total cost last year was ?, ?101m, up 89 per cent, according to the Jewelers Security Alliance's (JSA) Annual Crime Report.The average loss from soph...Read More